Werner Nekes Movies

Makimono is an Asian roll painting depicting a landscape. The subject of the film is the language of film itself, its mutability and its influence on...

An experimental film about the interpenetration of various levels of communication, dealing with the relationship of the pictorial functions to those...

Other essential predecessors of film were those devices that created the illusion of motion by taking advantage of the persistence of vision and the...

The film looks at ways of creating spezial illusions through amiguous images, perspective theatres, folding peepshows and from the 19th century, the...

A documentary about the 'critical mass', the Film Coop, a group of young filmmakers in Hamburg during the 1960s - a small group far from the...

Directed by Werner Nekes.

The painter gazes at his female model, or how voyeurism is transformed into culture. An erotic adventure film where the theme is the viewer himself.

The German artist Joseph Beuys is reflecting on his theory of art, being filmed as a kinetic sculpture. In 1981, the film has won the German film...

A fixed shot showing six persons, looking into the camera inertly. Gradually tiny, minimal movements can be registered.

Directed by Werner Nekes.

A part of Werner Nekes' lyrical anthology DIWAN.

A sleeping girl is plagued by strange dreams; manifold images fuse to create a bewildering puzzle, which finally dissolves and gives way to relief...

A grotesque review of actions performed in vain and those of frustration incarnate: it is about the vain attempt to button up a pair of briefs, the...

An adventure film, a journey into light. This film is dedicated to Joseph Plateau, the discoverer of the cinematographic principle, who while...

Directed by Werner Nekes.

A film by Werner Nekes.

A female figure wanders inside a warehouse interior and through various motifs, including a fan and a birdcage, set to a medieval chant.